The two schools with teams in Monday night’s NCAA basketball championship, Butler University and the University of Connecticut, are very different institutions.
Here’s how different:
Butler University (Bulldogs)
Located : Indianapolis’ Butler-Tarkington neighborhood
Founded: In 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Ovid Butler.
Campus: 290 acres
Focus: Private university with liberal arts focus
For 2010-11 year:
*Fulltime undergraduate enrollment: 4,051
*Fulltime graduate enrollment: 128
*SAT scores of freshmen:
--combined math/verbal: 1154
--verbal average: 571
--math average: 583
*Graduation rates (according to a study by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports):
Overall basketball student-athlete: 83 percent
African-American basketball student-athlete: 50 percent
White basketball student-athlete: 100 percent
*Cost of tuition, fees, room and board:
Tuition (non-pharmacy): $29,740
Room and board: $9,620
Total: $39,560
University of Connecticut (Huskies)
Located: Main campus in Storrs plus five regional campuses
Founded: First opened in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School.
Campus: 4,313 acres at main campus
Focus: Comprehensive public research university
*Fulltime undergraduate enrollment: 21,881 total; 17,345 at main campus
*Fulltime graduate enrollment: 8,153
*SAT scores of freshmen:
Combined verbal/math average: 1017 for all campuses
Combined verbal/math average: 1221 for main campus
*Graduation rates (according to a study by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports):
Overall basketball student-athlete: 31 percent
African-American basketball student-athlete: 25 percent
White basketball student-athlete: 50 percent
*Cost of tuition, fees, room and board
In state: $20,968
Out of state: $37,432
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